THE START FOR HOME 
king dog, Nalegaksoah, the champion of the 
pack, and the laziest dog in it, was still the 
king. After vanquishing his opponent and 
receiving humble acknowledgments, King 
Nalegaksoah went stamping up and down be- 
fore the pack and received the homage due 
him; the new dogs, whining and fawning and 
cringingly submissive, bowed down before 
him. 
The chief pleasure of the Esquimo dogs is 
fighting; two dogs, the best of friends, will 
hair-pull and bite each other for no cause 
whatever, and strange dogs fight at sight; 
team-mates fight each other on the slightest 
of provocations ; and it seems as though some- 
times the fights are held for the purpose of 
educating the young. When a fight is in 
progress, it is the usual sight to see several 
mother dogs, with their litters, occupying 
ring-side seats. I have often wondered what 
chance a cat would stand against an Esquimo 
dog. 
The ship kejjt on, and I had turned in and 
slept, and on arising had found that we had 
reached a place called Igluduhomidy, where 
a single family was located. Living with this 
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